State

Kingdom of Norway

former Kingdom from 872 to 1397

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872–1397 CE
Founded
872 CE
Ended
1397
Preceded by
Kingdom of VestmarKingdom of AgderKingdom of GrenlandKingdom of GudbrandsdalenHadelandKingdom of HardangerKingdom of Hedmark

Overview

The term Norwegian Realm (Old Norse: *Noregsveldi, Bokmål: Norgesveldet, Nynorsk: Noregsveldi or Noregsveldet) and Old Kingdom of Norway refer to the Kingdom of Norway's peak of power in the 13th century after a long period of civil war before 1240. The kingdom was a loosely unified state including the territory of modern-day Norway, modern-day Swedish territory of Jämtland, Herjedalen, Ranrike (Bohuslän) and Idre and Särna, as well as Norway's overseas possessions which had been settled by Norwegian seafarers for centuries before being annexed or incorporated into the kingdom as 'tax territories'. To the North, Norway also bordered extensive tax territories on the mainland. Norway, whose expansionism starts from the very foundation of the Kingdom in 872, reached the peak of its power in the years between 1240 and 1319.

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Records (14)

  1. 974 CE — German–Danish War of 974War
  2. 985 CE — Battle of HjorungavagBattle · Norway ▸ Jomsburg Vikings
  3. 1008 — Battle at HerdalerBattle
  4. 1014 — Battle of ClontarfBattle · Ireland ▸ Vikings
  5. 1016 — Battle of NesjarBattle · Norway ▸ Sweden
  6. 1028–1029 — Cnut's invasion of NorwayInvasion
  7. 1030 — Battle of StiklestadBattle · Norway, Denmark ▸ Olaf Haraldsson, Anund Jakob of Sweden
  8. 1063 — Swedish–Norwegian WarWar
  9. 1066 — Battle of FulfordBattle
  10. 1099–1101 — Swedish–Norwegian WarWar
  11. 1109 — Siege of LisbonSiege
  12. 1110 — Siege of SidonSiege
  13. 1135 — Battle of KonungahelęBattle
  14. 1262–1266 — Scottish–Norwegian WarWar

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